Susan has been having problems since June. She has had heaviness in legs, fatigue, chest pain at times, dizziness . At first we thought it could be altitude sickness as we were in Wyoming and Colorado till Aug 1. After we got home it came and went for awhile. She started having issues walking. We started seeing doctors in September. Our family Dr ran all kinds of blood tests and she had high iron. He also sent us to a cardiologist to get a complete heart checkup. By January her blood levels were normal and all the heart tests finished and they were fine. She continued to get worse with walking and some imbalance. She got in to see a neurologist on Jan 13 , He sent us to get and MRI of her brain and spine. We got both of those done on Jan 22. Monday evening we had a voice mail we didn't see untill about 7:30 pm from our Neurologist saying he had just read her MRI and we needed to go to the nearest Herman Memorial ER and check in and have them contact neurosurgery to read her test results. We decided to wait till the next morning and go to Herman Memorial in the Woodlands. We showed up the next morning at about 9:30 am. We showed our message to the ER Checkin person. They checked us right in. The ER doc came in and we showed him the message and told our story. A neurosurgeon PA came in and read the tests. He said they would be admitting her to the hospital. She had a cervical spine compression. Basically she had a disc pressing against her spinal cord. They said if she fell or was in a wreck it could really damage the spinal cord leading to being paralyzed. Kristi came and while she was there I headed home, got some clothes and Cooper. I took Cooper to Kristis and head back to hospital. She was ina room when I got there. They did surgery Thursday morning, She got some new hardware in her neck. Everything went well. After getting out of recovery she said the heaviness in her legs were 90% gone. Friday morning Physical Therapy got her up and walking. She is using a walker till she gets her confidence and strength back. She has to wear a neck brace for 6 weeks. She doesn"t have to wear it sleeping. We checked out Satruday and went home. Things are looking up now. The only downside is we are probably done going to volleyball tournaments with Sammi this season. Susan cant afford to get bit in the head with an errant volleyball. If you have ever been to a tournament you will know what I mean. Also no trips for awhile, hoping to still make a spring break trip but its still up in the air.
